Ask Bookie
The Other Guys
Overview
A desk-jockey detective and his tough-talking partner get their moment to shine in this buddy police comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Adam McKay (ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY, TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY). New York City detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell) is more comfortable pushing pencils than busting bad guys. A meticulous forensic accountant, his numbers are never off. Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) is Gamble's reluctant partner. Try as Detective Hoitz might to get back on the streets, an embarrassing encounter with Derek Jeter has left a sizable black mark on his permanent record. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are the complete opposites of Gamble and Hoitz: unwaveringly confident, they always get their man, and they do it with style to spare. When the time comes for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle and save the day, their incompetence becomes the stuff of legend.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Adam McKay - Director
Will Ferrell
Mark Wahlberg
Eva Mendes
Michael Keaton
Samuel L. Jackson
Dwayne Johnson
Damon Wayans, Jr.
Andy Buckley
Larnell Stovall
Adam McKay
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (With DVD, Unrated Version, AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed)
- Run Time: 223
- UPC: 043396350052
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: UNR
- Release Date: December 2010
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"Ferrell keeps the winning streak intact while drawing out Mark Wahlberg's untapped funny side in THE OTHER GUYS....Ridiculously entertaining..." - 08/01/2010 Hollywood Reporter
"The movie is as antic and raucous and fun as any of the star's previous screen outings, only this one has a surprisingly rich personal flavor. It's Ferrell's richest riff yet on the comedy of conflicted aggression." -- Grade: A- - 08/13/2010 Entertainment Weekly
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[C]lever and funny from the first frame....The filmmakers are in fine fettle, which goes a long way to make much of the low-brow silliness and slapstick infectious." - 08/06/2010 Los Angeles Times
"Ferrell draws a wealth of good material from his character's oddball ineffectuality, and he partners perfectly with Wahlberg, who's always best at his most incredulous." -- Grade: B+ - 08/05/2010 A.V. Club
"It's loud, raunchy semicoherent and stuffed to the bursting point with heavy weaponry and car chases....[With] an extended riff on 'Law & Order' that is blessed with inventive wordplay in the sacred tradition of AIRPLANE!..." - 08/06/2010 Wall Street Journal
3 stars out of 5 -- "[C]onsistently funny....[D]irector Adam McKay gives this undynamic duo a chance to prove their mettle." - 08/03/2010 Box Office
"Wahlberg proves himself a master of the slow burn. He's our glowering stand-in, the angry straight man to Ferrell's earnest, unhinged idiot." - 08/06/2010 Washington Post
"Among comic actors, Ferrell is extremely alive to, and generous with, his colleagues. Part of his gift is the way he so willingly provides a reflective surface for them, instead of just hogging the spotlight." - 08/05/2010 Movieline
"Mr. Ferrell uses his big body, his quick mind and his infinitely fungible voice to yoke disparate and ridiculous traits into a brand new and yet instantly archetypal comic character." - 08/05/2010 New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Wahlberg who wins the class clown award, flexing his comedic clout by maintaining a subtle deadpan..." - 08/24/2010 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "The first half is all skittery absurdity..." - 10/01/2010 Uncut
"A goofy cop spoof of sorts with an onslaught of quick-fire jokes....Ferrell plays to his strengths and Wahlberg utilizes his breathless-always-on-the-verge-of-panic persona." - 12/14/2010 Premiere
3 stars out of 5 -- "Michael Keaton is a comic god here, delivering a new spin on the unforgiving captain..." - 01/07/2010 Empire
Customers Also Bought
- 1
